Windows dynamic disk is inactive after restart when used on iSCSI LUN.

Symptom:

On the iSCSI LUN, a user has configured a Windows dynamic disk.  It is not active after the system restarts.  The disk needs to be manually activated in disk manager.

Problem:

The dynamic disk is officially not supported by Microsoft iSCSI initiator because it starts after disk management.  So, the disk is visible only in the disk manager and it is not activated.

Solution:

User can install the Open-E iSCSI dynamic disk activation script, which will add service that additionally activates the dynamic disk.  You can obtain the script right here on the Knowledgebase.  Just go to the Downloads section and click on the Scripts link.  Download this file:  Open-E iSCSI dynamic disks activatio-v1.06.zip

Additional information:

Our script does not solve problems with the databases working on dynamic disk or exporting shares from this disk onto the WIndows host. The Windows services need to be additionally reconfigured to start much later than the iSCSI initiator and Open-E dynamic disk activation.

Open-E software impacted:

All DSS/iSCSI/iSCSI-R3 software.

Example ticket number:

#10008249